Tag: Sao Paulo

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The lobby of the newest luxury building in the heart of Copacabana features a grand piano, plush sofas, artwork from Japanese artist Yutaka Toyota, and a restaurant with a menu...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Until Wednesday, November 2nd, São Paulo residents and visitors will have the opportunity to watch hundreds of films from Brazil and abroad at the São Paulo International Film Festival. The...

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazilians once again took to the streets on Monday to protest against a proposed Constitutional Amendment (PEC241) which limits public expenditures for the next twenty years in Brazil. Protesters in...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a Sunday, October 9th Globo report, the grass field at Maracanã stadium has been installed and the facility is 65 percent football (soccer) ready, welcome news to Rio’s...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In September, the average price of real estate in Brazil rose 0.12 percent, according to the latest FipeZap index, which tracks fluctuations in home and apartment prices advertised for sale...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, October 3rd, the day after Brazil’s municipal elections, the U.S. dollar fell to its lowest level since August earlier this year, closing at R$3.206/US$1, a decline of R$0.046...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia (INCT) Observatório das Metrópoles (Metropolis Observatory), in conjunction with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), has just released the results of...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rio de Janeiro has long been considered a popular landing spot for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community; and on Wednesday, September 28th, that reputation was cemented as...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last night, Wednesday, September 28th, Flamengo’s campaign in the 2016 Copa Sul-Americana came to a crashing halt with the club’s 2x1 loss to Chile’s Palestino football (soccer) club. Wednesday’s loss...

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